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JOB WORK:
Having just procured a COMPLETE OUTFIT, j
wo are prepared to do every description of Job Work i
n a neat style on short notice.
We are ready at all times to ex cute in a satisfacto
ry manner such work as
POSTERS, PAMPHLETS,
HAND BILLS, CATALOGUES,
PROGRAMMES, LABELS,
CIRCULARS, CARDS,
4c., ic„,
All kinds of Blanks kept constantly on hand.
A\ a- Hi v, > , Franklin a Rat?—A' the
National Convention of Printers, held in Bos
ton this Week, a Mr. Collar. . of New I ork,
submitted a proposition that the head of Frank
lin be stricken from the traveling card of the
Unionists. The committee to whi' h this reso
lution was referred reported tlllll it < light not
topass. Mr. Colburn thought different, and
urged the pa-sage of the resolution, arguing
that, ns Franklin was a rat—an advocate of th
“principle" of prices regulated by demand and
supply,” and “did not favor keeping up prices ;
by combinations”—there was very great incon
sistency in doing honor to his head. Mr. Ho
ran took a sim lar view of the late Mr. Frank
lin’s cranium, hut the majority were willing
to forget and forgive the sin of the illustrious
dead, and to let the head remain “on the
ground of patriotism.” This appeal prevailed
and Mr. Colburn’s resolution was rejected—
twenty-four to two.— New York Evening Post.
A Snake Story.
The Belton (Texas) Independent furnishes
the following extraordinary specimen of a
snake story:
From one of our seouting pa-ties we learn
the following particulars relative to a snake
seen by Capt. l/e J/illan and twelve of his men,
on the head waters of Cowhouse. Their at
tention was first drawn to it by an extraordi-1
nary stench, that could not 1 e recounted for. ’
The men for amusement were rolling rocks :
from the high cliff, when they heard a strange
noise, unlike anything they had ever heard be
fore. They at once began to search, and soon
found a eave from which it proceeded. The
company then at once advanced as near as they
o uld for the smell, after who h the captain
clasped his nose with his hands and proceeded 1
within about twelve feet of the monster, lie
says it looked to be about thirteen or fourteen
feet long, and as large as his body. Its rat
tles were broader than his three fingers, and
when rattling could be heard for one mile.—
He said he could lay his hand flat between his
eyes and sec them on either side; they were
about the size of a squirrels eyes. He stood as
long as he could hold his breath, and when he
started back he slackened his hold on his nose
slightly, for the purpose of breathing, w hen he
left as though he could hardly stand up. lie
says the strongest hartshorn is futile when
compared to his “bref." This is surely a
“snake story,” and we must credit what we
have heard.
are no less than 4.6(8) Lodges of
Free Masons in the United States, nearly all
ot whb'h are said to be in an unusually flour
ishing condition.
U. S. District Court.—The U. S. Court for
the Northern District of Florida commenced
it session Monday last in this city, Hon. Mc-
Queen Mclntosh presiding, and the able and
efficient District Attorney, the Hon. C. C.
Yonge, being at his post.
Owing to the absense of partiesand Attor
neys very little has been accomplished uprn
the civil docket.
The Grand Jury have commenced their du- ,
ties for the session under an able, clear and
I lucid exposition of the same, as delivered ;
I by the lion. Judge in his charge.
There will be several important cases for the
cons’deration of the Court, as presented in the 1
case of the supposed slave bark E. A. Raw
lins, for an infringement of the statutes of the
United States in such cases made and provid- I
ed. Also, for au alleged murder said to have -
been commuted on the high seas upon a per
son designoted as the “Spanish Captain” of
said bark, by the first second and third mates, I
and a person called Delameyer as principal,
and the alleged American Captain. Hayden,
ns an accessory before the fact, if the Grand
Jury should succeed in bringing in indictments
against them.— Apalachicola (1'1") Adverti
ser.
[From the Montgomery Confederacy.
Effects of the War on Cotton.
The effect of the war upon the cotton inter- I
est may temporarily; be discouraging. But the
excess of production is not so great as to haz
ard the accumulation of stocks sufficient to se
riously injure the prospects of the planter.—
“Just now.” says the New Orleans Picayune
| in an article upon this subject, “new regions
i for consumption of cotti n fabrics arc opened,
I while the manufacturing energy of England
; cannot be materially reduced. Will not home
, manufactures be stimulated? Will not Eur< {
i pean capital be strongly impelled to seek in- ,
, vestments in American securities and Ameri- 1
■ ean enterprises? Will not n new impulse thus
I be given to our great works of internal im- !
1 provements, to our development of every branch
;of profitable industry? We are now entering
! a new era of prosperity. Oureondition invites
I confidence. Our prospects tempt adventure:
; and when the peace, security and prosperity
which reign in this country shall bo contested
with the havoc, the bloodshed, the insecurity
and uncertainty of European affairs, no doubt
can exist that we shall grow by the misfortunes
of others.”
Death oj Dit. Abbott’—Dr. Abbott, the col
lector of the valuable gallery of the Egyptian
Antiquities, which for six years past has for-
I med one of the prominent art and historical
associations of New York, died on the 30th
March, at a village near Cairo, in Egypt. He
was born in London, about forty-seven years
ago, and nt the age twenty-three received the
appointment as Surgeon on board a British
man-of-war. Circumstances led him to quit
his ship in the -Mediterranean, when, instead
of returning to England, he repaired to Egypt
and took up his abode in Cairo, where, with
-1 out neglecting his profession, he indulged his
early passion, fostered by the study Champo
lion. for the antiquities of that renowned land,
which, dating beyond the Pharaohs, carries us
almost back to the flood. During twenty
years Dr. Abbott employed himseif in collect
ing whatever valuable relics of ancient Egypt
could be rescued from tombs and ruins; and
so well succeeded that, according to the testi
mony of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, no collection,
excepting those of the British Museum, and
that cf Paris—both the result of government
energy and liberality—could be compared with
his. The amount of money spent by him in
forming his gallery exceeded 8107,000. At
various times propositionshave been made for
its purchase, as a free museum for this city,
hut without effect. The Historical Society
r are now considering the propriety of its acqui
sition.—A’. K Times.
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Additional Foreign News.
The telegraph wires to Switzerland had been
cut by the Austrians.
The Austrians were concentrating in great
numbers at the fortified city of Paoenza. in
North Italy.
Forty thousand French troops were at Genoa.
The King of the Sardinia accompanies Gen
erals Canrobert and Neill, on the line of oper
-1 ations on the river Dora.
1 The Austrians had taken possession of the
; Sardinian lake .Maggiore.
Austria announces her desire to negotiate I
for a loan of £20,000,000.
Louis Napoleon, it was expected, would join
his army in the field on the 3rd of May.
The Prussian government had resolved to |
put her army in readiness to march.
A great many failures are reported in the
Stock Exchange in London.
Wolf & Co., of Berlin, has suspended.
A considerable number of failures are re-1
ported at Vienna.
It is expected that the imposerishment and
ruin at the Paris Bourse this week will be un
exampled.
No mure failures had occurred on Monday.
A dispatch from Vienna, dated Saturday,
April 30, says, Count Buol had notified the
Foreign governments that there were diploma
tie and political reasons for the Emperor’s de
claration of war.
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MACON. GEORGIA, MAY' 21, 1859.
The Southern Commercial Con-
VENTION.
This body assembled at Vicksburg, Miss., on
the 10th. The representation is full.
The Hon. John A. Jones, of Georgia, was
called to the chair, and the Convention was
organized with the following officers:
President— Gen. Charles Clarke, of Missis-
1 3ipl>i :
| Vice Presidents— Hon. John A. Jones, of Ga.;
Gen. O. E. Edwards, of S. C.; Col. B. F. Dill,
of Tenn.; I>. M. Whaley, of Texas; Hon. IL
S. Bennett, of Miss.; Col. A. P. Ainnker, of
Fla.; M. C. McLemore, of Ala.; T. C. Scarbo-
: rough, of La.
■Secretaries—Gen. W. 11. McCardle, of Miss.;
James Farrow, of S. C.; Milton A. Haynes, of j
: Tennessee.
The following is the report of the first two I
I days’ proceedings:
The first regular business before the Con- .
■ vention was the Report of the Special Com- |
mittee on the want and supply of African la
bor in the South. This was read by the chair- I
man, Mr. Spratt, of Charleston, who. at the
same time, offered three resolutions, embody
ing the conclusions of the report, which was I
strongly in favor of the re-opening of the '
: slave trade. •
Mr. Delafield, of Tennessee, moved that
they be referred to the Committee on Resolu
tions, and they were so referred.
Mr. Spratt addressed the Convention in fa
vor of the report, re-iterating its sta'einents
and conclusions ou the subject of re-opening
the slave trade.
Mr. Davis, of Panola, Miss., followed with
an able speech on the same side.
Col. Archer, of Fort Gibson, presented res- j
olutions of Claiborne county, Miss., in favor
| of the re-opening of the slave trade; and, in
: doing so, made a strong speech in their favor.
On convening in afternoon session, Mr.
I Moody, of Claiborne, Miss., addressed the Con
vention in an able speech against the resolu
tions from that county, before introduced. In
the course of his argument, he read laws from
the statutes of ten of the Slave States, against
the importation of African negroes.
Mr. Hughes, of Claiborne, presented and
roe*! a written nddrooa an.l reroluitniko offered
by ex-Gov. Mcßae, of Miss., the successor of
Gen. Quitman in Congress, who was not able
to be present.
The first declares it to be the duty of the [
American Government to seek, by every hon- i
orable means, to acquire and Americanize the
Island of Culm. The second also declares it to
be the duty of the American Government to
protect, by force, if necessary, the Isthmus
transit routes, and to so direct its policy as to
insure the preponderating influence of the
United States at Panama, via Nicaragua and
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The last declares it to be the dnty of the
Southern States nt once to assemble in Con
vention in flic supposed contingency that a
a Black Republican is elected President the
coming campaign, and then and there take
measures of resistance, by force, if necessary,
to the disruption of the Union.
Gen. Mcßae’s resolutions were referred to a
special committee, to consist of two from each
State, William H. Johnson, of Mississippi,
chairman.
Mr. Deßow. of Louisiana, ottered a resolu
tion authorizing the publication «f the speech
of Mr Spratt, in favor of reopening the slave
trade, in the official proceedings of the Con
vention, and supported his resolution by some
remarks.
This gave rise to a violent and exciting de
bate, in which Gen. 11. 8. Foote, of Memphis,
bitterly opposed the resolution, and Gen. Mc-
Cardle. of Mississippi, supported it.
The subject was then postponed till three
o’clock to-tnorrow; and the Convention soon
after adjourned till 9. A. M.
Vicksburg, May 11.
In the Convention, this morning, the Com
mittee on Resolutions presented a majority
report, in favor of opening the African slave
trade, and resolutions to that effect.
Mr. John Delafield, of Tennessee, of the same
committee, presented a minority report and
resolutions against the Opening of the trade.
Both reports and resolutions were laid ou
the table for further discussion.
Mr. Delafield presented the report of the
1 proceedings of the Memphis Chamber of Coni
: inerce, and their correspondence with leading I
' business houses and capitalists in Belgium,
proposing direct steam navigation from Ant
werp or Ghent to Memphis.
He offered resolutions in regard to this sub- ■
: ject, showing the interest of the whole Sonth .
i in it, and urging the constitutitional right of
: the South, under the power of Congress, to ,
I demaud, as a regulation of onr commerce, the !
: removal of obstructions to the navigation of
| the Mississippi.
Prof. Deßow resumed his arguments in favor
of re-openingathe African slave trade.
Gen. Foote, of Mississippi, obtained the
floor, and spoke in the strongest terms against
the report and speech of Mr. Spratt, of Sonth ■
Carolina, in favor of re-opening the slave trade. 1
He denounced the sentiments of Mr. Spratt as
tantam Hint to high treason ; and expressed
th • opinion that the authors and advocates of
the measure would bo visited with condign
puuishtaeut.
Death of Dr. Fort.
| The Millegeville Recur, er says :
It is our painful duty to record the death of
our personal friend. Dr. Tomlinson Fort of
this city, who died after a painful ami protrac
ed illness on the 11th in«t., in the 75th year of
his ago. It is impossible for us in this limited
space to attempt to do justice to the life of Dr.
Fort. It is one full of interest. Intellectually
great and with a heart full of generous impnl
: ses. he was over active and laboriously useful
whether we 1< him in his social, political,
or professional relations. His life has been
co-etfiial with the history of Millegeville. even
prior to its becoming the Seat of Government,
and her prosperit' - I, as ever been near his heart.
; As a Georgian, he was her devoted friend, and
i not less so to his country at large. In his
’ youth,-he was the first to raise a volunteer com- (
: pany in this city to protect our then exposed
| frontier, in which service he received a wound,
I the effects which followed him to his grave.—
At a later period, he filled many publie offices
! —having frequently represented his£ounty in
the Legislature and liis State in Congress un
der the general ticket system, &c., but public
life had 110 peculiar attractions tor him.—
Warmly attached to the Democratic party, ye
he thought and acted for himself, thus often
differing from party direction. But it was par
ticularly as a Physician, Dr. Fort’s skill was
pre-eminent. The South owe him a debt of
gntitudc. liis published work on “the prac
tice of medicine" will survive him. As a man
in his social relations, he was universally be
loved, and during a long life, made his home
peculiarly happy and one of the centres of at
traction in Millodeville. May God comfort his
mourning family.
Dr. Fort’s remains were followed to the
grave on Thursday last by our citizens general
ly. The Physicians of the city and vicinity
were his pall-bearers. The Military, the Gov
ernor and State-house officers. Mayor and City
Council headed the long procession of our
mourning citizens. The voluntary closing of
the public offices at the State-house,of the stores
and the general suspension of business, were a
just tribute of respect to liis worth.
The Dicktowx- Copper Mixes— Wc are in
debted to the courtesy of Maj. F.ilwanl M>-
Cradv, jr., says the Charleston Mercury, for a
pamphlet on the mineral resources and mining
prospects of the Alleghany Minning Company,
whose property is located in Ducktown, Ten
nessee, and Fighting Town, Georgia. Maj.
McCrady is the Charleston Agent of the Com
pany.
Os this propertey Lieut. Maury and profess
or Currey says:
We are convinced that this property is one
of immense value. We can venture no esti
mate as to the returns it would yield under
proper management. Suffice it to say that, in
our judgment, they would be quick and hand
some. M e know of no other mineral proper
ty which holds out such flattering prospects for
a large and steady yield.
J. J. Hooper, Esq., the able editor of the
Montgomery Mail, who made a personal ex
ploration of this mining region, endorses the
above statement, adding:
Indeed, the wealth of the “Polk county mine”
a’onc. seems to be almost limitless. The explo
rer sees around him countless tons of rich
ores, awiting removal at a very imsleratc cost
of labor and money, and is whelmed under the
conviction that centuries cannot exhaust the
wealth above, around and bidow him.
Ax Extraordinary Elopement.—The Lou
isiana Central Organ relates the following ex
traordinary family affair :
“Q ite an excitement has been created a
moug the denizens of the Bayou Boeuf section
of country, bv the sudden elopement of the son
ofaw'al'hy and highly respectable planter,
with his mother’s maid servant, a slave, so near
white as to have been taken at times for a
daughter of the house. They are supposed to
have gone to Texas, with the intention, as
learnt from an intercepted note of the young
man. of consummating matrimony. ’
Awful Death.
We were informed on Saturday that a man
living in the lower part of this county came
to his death a few days ago under the most
horrible circumstances. He was intoxicated
and told his wife he intended te kill himself.
1 She seconed the proposition and aided him in
getting a rope over the beam ot the house,
and in getting it around his neck. She then
knocked the chair from under him, and he fell,
breaking his neck. His wife immediately ran
1 away and had not been apprehended.
We confess that this story is too shocking
to be credited, but we got it from a reliable
I source. We do not remember the name of the
1 deceased.— Augusta Dispatch.
No Rain for a Month. —Wc have heard it as-
I serted—but upon what authority we know not
—that no rain has fallen during the month of
j May, in either of the’s9 for five centuries. —
i That is to say that there was a perfectly dry
time in May, 1359. May 1459, May 1559, May
1659 : and the presumption is that there will
be an equally rainless spellin May 1859 — Phil
Bulletin.
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Procession of the Sons of Malta I
A grand procession of the Independent Or-!
’ der of the Sons of Malta took place last night. ■
• when some two hundred and fifty members in !
mask and regalia, paraded through the streets. ,
■ The celebration was for the purpose of com
memorating the six hundred and sixtieth an
niversary of Richard Coeur de Lion.
The procession moved fromthe hall.corner, of
Baronne and Pardido streets, about half past
eight o’clock, and went through the published
route, with a brass band, which played from
first to last the reception air. Anld Lang Svne.
1 he procession was headed by the Grand Com
mander on horse-back, drcwoJ ns e Knight, in i
armor, with a black plnme waving from his
helmet, supported on each side by the Vice
Grand Commander and the Chancellor.
The first detachment of members were dres
sed in white dominoes, follow ed by an ancient
looking individual, with a white flowing bead,
reading from some hnge book swung around :
his neck. Immediately behind him walked a
member representing Death, between two :
knights with drawn swords.
Immediately behind them was borne a cos- '
fin, covered with a pall, upon the shoulders of I
four of the members. Then followed a large
number of members, dre-sed in white, wear
ing dominoes, with a red cross upon the left
breast.
■; This is the first public celebration which this
, Order has ever had in our city, having hith
! erto been content to work insecret entirely. A
; grand supper was also given at the Lodge.
To those uninitiated, an epitome of the his- :
tory of the Order may not be uninterestinl
Its formation was laid in the year 1048. They 1
were called indifferently Knights of Malta.
Knights Hospitallers, and Knights of St. John
of Jerusalem. In 1099 they became a regular
I monastic Order, and a military Order in 1118.
| They took the Island of Rhodes in 1310, and
the Island of Malta in 1523. about which time
: they were called Knights of Malta. In the ,
year 1540 they were expelled from England. ‘
j Their great exploits as Crusaders about the |
‘ year 1595, in the wars between the Christians I
and Mahommedans are matters which alone ,
would render them ever after famous.
The Turks, from whom they had taken
; Rhodes and Malta, institute.! a conspiracy a
-1 gainst them, and most extensive and subtle ar- <
rangenient.s were secretly and powerfully made t
and carried on. to destroy the whole Order, i
which nothing but the ceaseless vigilance an 1 ' I
faith an 1 truth to one another defeated. Ilnp
pilv, tliev crushed those who would destroy j
them, and no less than one hundred and twen- I
ty-five Turkish slaves were put to death by
them on the 26th of June, 1749. From this
period they have extended their ramifications
from time to time, as an Order of charity,
love, literature, and athletic exercises; and
fortunate, indeed, is he w ho in foreign lands is
taken by the hand with the salute, "lie Rides.”
A’. O. Daily Delta Sih inst.
Cuba—The Filibusters.
The Havana correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, under date ot the 10th inst., says:
On the 3d inst. the Spanish bark Nueva
Apolo. arrived here from Cadiz. She reported ,
having seen close to the coast of this island |
two American screw' steamers under sail j
crowded with passengers. Instantly the re- ,
port was raised that they were filibusters, mid ,
the feverish excitement that ensued among |
certain classes in this city, proves how very ;
slight a hold Spain has upon their regard or
affections. The same day the Spanish propel
ler frigate Petronihi proceeded to sea, having
only about a fortnight's provisions on board,
I to look after the two reported screw steamers.
1 Since which nothing lias been heard on the
■ subject of an authentic nature, and an impres
' sion prevails that, the report was untrue.
A Junta of the chief authorities of the Island
' was l.eld tow ards the end of last week, to take
' counsel, as is believed, respecting these fili-
I busters, should they attempt to land on this
: island. The Right Reverend the Bishop of this
1 Diocese was at the Junta, so the business for
which it was convened must have been of an
important character.
The Spanish steamer of war Colon, has gone
: to Port au Prince, as I am positively informed,
I with orders to convey the filibusters landed
1 there, to New York. If this proves to be the
truth, it shows a greater degree of generous
j feeling than could have been expected, and the
thus exhibiting contempt and disdain for the
pony efforts of the filibusters, will go much .
further to put an end to fibbusterism than the
plan formerly followed ot imprisoning, punish
ing, garroting, <fcc.
—
For President.—A correspondent of amorn- '
. ing cotemporary suggests Gen. Felix Zollicof
, ter as the opposition candidate for President, i
Zollicoffer is a very clever Tennesseean, has ,
served some years in Congress, and possesses
■ some talent—but he will never be President,
t Felix! and Zollicoffer! Imagine a President
fl with both these names, and you have conceiv
- ed what no man will see. President Zollicof
’ I fer forsooth.— True Southron.
1 was a case of sun-stroke in Roch
l ester. N. Y„ on Friday, May 6, though not fa
tal in its results.
NUMBER 30.
Under Conviction.—A worthy clergyman
| from one of the neighboring towns not long
j -ince officiated for two or three Sabbaths in
I the State Prison. Shortly after, when he was
leaving church after the Sabbath services, he
was accosted by a friend and neighbor—a
most incorrigible wag—who recalled to mind
his recent ministrations in the State Prison,
mid with the utmost gravity informed him
that every one of the men to whom he had
preached was under conviction! The clergy
man, thrown oil’his guard by the sanctity of
the day and the apparent seriousness of the
wag, expressed bis great pleasure at the news,
and warmly shook hands with his friend. It
wae not until some time after that the trnth
dawned upon his mind. We do not know
what his feelings were when he made the dis
covery, but venture to guess that he would
have deemed conviction and sentence to the
State prison a punishment none too harsh for
so atrocious a pun.— Boston Journal.
Lynch Law.
A correspondent of the Galveston Civilian,
| writing from Smithfield. Polk county, on the
Ist inst says:
Some fifty of the citizens of this county and
Liberty, assembled yesterday nt this place, and
after deliberately discussing the matter in all
: its bearings, burned to death a negro boy nam
ed Alfred. The circumstances of the case arc
as follows: Alfred belonged to a Mr. Roper,
who bad lately removed from Alabama, and
i settled at the Big Spring settlement in this
I county. Mr. Roper had gone with his wagon
Ito Liberty in company with the boy. On the
way back, they were seen together by three or
i lour different parties and by t ie stage driver
•n Sunday night, April24th, camped together.
Ihe boy went on home, and reported he had
left his master talking with three men on the
road. Mr. Roper not returning home gave
rise to some uneasiness. Parties turned out
in search of him, and after scouring the road
' up and down there was discovered the remains
' ofiathcran unusual fire for a eamp. Examin
! ing it mure closely, they found portions of
bones of the human body, part of the lower
jaw, leg bone and great many smaller frag
ments and some of the buttons of the clothes,
j.t-c
The boy was brought back to the spot. —
Seeing the place with t' e remains of his mas-
I ter. he made a full disclosure of everything.—
He stated that on Sunday night as his master
lay by the tire he slipped up behind him and
1 struck him two blows on the head with an axe.
■ He groaned once or twice an 1 lay dead. Not
knowing what to do with the body he conclud
ed to burn it. He says he spent most of the
night in this Prof. Webster work. After bur
ning the body ho p unded up the bones with a
club. He gave as a reason for the deed that
he wished to go back to Alabama, and think
ing that if his master was out of the way. the
family would return. He said he deserved
death, but was unwilling to die. He spoke to
the negroes around—told them he had been
raised by his master, who had been kind to
him and warned them against actingas he had
done.
Within a few steps of where his master was
: murdered—the crowd yesterday chained the
j boy to a tree—piled up wood around him waist
high and set fire to it. At first he bore it with
out flinching: but as the fire increased, he
i writhed and moaned most piteously, and soon
. his whole body was enveloped in flames.
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Shocking Depravity. A forlorn looking
child about twelve years of age, called at a
house down town a few daw ago, to beg for
some clothes. She was ragged and dirty, and
1 er pitiful appeal and more pitiful appearance
excited genuine commisseration. L’pon ap
proaching her, however, she was found to he
—we blush to write it—so much intoxicated
she could hardly stand up! The fumes of
whiskey upon her were truly disgusting. When
questioned, she evinced no shame, and seemed
unconscious that anything was the matter.
She however indicated her place of residence,
among the purlieus, and being assured that if
she would come back again sober, she would
find friends, she left in sullen contempt. A
few hours afterwards, her mother was seen
dragging her by the hair to their hovel, while
the poor abandoned child cursed most bitterly
because she was forced to go home. We al
lude to this to show that there is a wide field
for philanthropy here in our midst, and to il
lustrate the necessity of some reformatory in-
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''ition for such youthful outcasts.
Augusta Dispatch.
MeettNo of the National Division Sons of
Temperance. The Sonth Carolina Son of
\ Temperance says the Committee in Philadel-
I pliia are making arrangements to receive the
1 National Division, which is to meet in the
Quaker City on the Ist of June, in good style.
The Charleston Courier, of the 14th inst.,
says: This promises to be one of the best
meetings of the National Division that has
been held. Members of Grand Divisions of
good standing, are allowed to attend nnd wit
ness the proceedings, and a great many will
doubtless take advantage of this opportunity
to visit Philadelphia, and to attend the meet
ing ot the National Division, which will prob
ably be in session from Wednesday, the first
day of June, to Saturday the 4th.